Jellyfish flex their tentacles in annual return to Mar Menor beaches in Spain’s Murcia region
PORTUGUESE man o’war jellyfish have been sighted for the first time this year on beaches around La Manga and the Mar Menor in Murcia. Though
Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca to apply for UNESCO World Heritage Site status
ALICANTE City on the Costa Blanca is pushing forward with an application to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If successful, it will get the
Easter ‘disaster’ predicted by Costa Blanca and Valencia bar and restaurant group in Spain
A Valencian hospitality business group is predicting an Easter profit collapse of 72% compared to 2019, with some bars and restaurants not even bothering to
Parks and camping sites will get police health safety checks over Easter in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions
POLICE patrols are being stepped up across popular inland beauty spots across the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions during the Easter holiday period. The Valencian
Mayor in power for 30 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca will face corruption court quiz
A Torrevieja court says there is a case to answer involving alleged corruption by the Los Montesinos mayor, Jose Manuel Butron. He is accused of
COVID-19 infections reach lowest daily total since mid-July in Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
NEW coronavirus infections in the Valencian Community have risen by just 29 in the last 24 hours to produce the lowest daily total since July
Major steroid gang including pharmacies and sports nutrition stores is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Vega Baja gang that peddled illegal steroids and drugs used by people doing sports training has been broken up by the Guardia Civil. The
Bee thief gets buzz out of stealing hives in Spain’s Murcia region and selling off their occupants around the country
A Caravaca de la Cruz man has been arrested for stealing bees from their hives in the Murcia region and then selling them around Spain.
Man accused of domestic abuse dies after apartment window leap in Spain’s Murcia region
A Murcia man leapt to his death out of an apartment window as police arrived to arrest him for domestic violence. The 36-year-old died in
EU vaccine passport ‘ready by July’ according to Spain’s Tourism Minister
SPAIN’S Tourism Minister has said that she is ‘confident’ that the new EU vaccine passport will be ready by July. Reyes Maroto says it will
Costa Blanca and Valencia areas continue to be Spain’s only ‘low risk’ COVID-19 region
A national spike in new COVID-19 infections is not having a big impact on the Valencian Community which continues to be the only part of
BIG FOOD CON as over 500,000 ‘out-of-date’ items are seized from Benidorm area warehouses on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have seized over 500,000 date-expired food products that were being re-labelled in a big scam operating out of three illegal Benidorm area warehouses. A
COVID-19 case reductions slow right down in the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
STEADY and significant falls in new COVID-19 infections appear to have bottomed-out according to Valencian heath ministry figures this evening(March 29). A total of 363
British expats suing over ‘missing’ Scottish banknotes seized by police in 2017 on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO British residents in Javea on the Costa Blanca want their money back, nearly four years after it was seized by the Guardia Civil. Over
A FAIR COP? Two Benidorm police officers quizzed over hitting woman with baton after she broke COVID-19 rules on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO Policia Nacional officers are being investigated over their physical response to a young woman who broke COVID-19 curfew rules in Benidorm. They say the
‘MIND YOUR LANGUAGE’ as motorcade protest is staged on Spain’s Costa Blanca against school lessons in Valenciano
A motorcade protest took place over the weekend in Pilar de la Horadada on the southern Costa Blanca against the compulsory use of Valenciano in
MAKING AN IMPRESSION as Alicante and Benidorm robbers on Costa Blanca area of Spain produce their own front door keys
A home burglary gang used a technique known as lock-impressioning to break into properties across the Costa Blanca without forcing through the front door. Lock
Pedro Sanchez announces big plans for Spain to increase film and TV show production by 30% up to 2025
SPAIN will use tax credits as a key prong in trying to boost TV and film production by 30% over the next four years. Bolstered
Spain’s lockdown bar closures produce less boozing but people have turned to other vices
SPAIN’S lockdowns have seen people turn away from alcohol but replace it with online gambling and the taking of drugs. That’s the conclusion of a
PEDAL POWER as police pull over a bicycle with a hidden engine on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Costa Blanca cyclist crossed paths with the law after giving his bicycle extra speed by attaching an engine to it. The 41-year-old man redefined
SEE-SAW week continues for new COVID-19 case totals in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions
THE latest COVID-19 new case figures in the Valencian Community have gone up today(March 26) based on both week-to-week numbers as well as yesterday’s total.
European Commissioner says Spain will get enough COVID-19 vaccines to hit 70% immunisation target this summer
A leading EU figure has pledged that Spain will get ‘what it needs’ over COVID-19 vaccines to reach 70% of the population by the summer.
Police launch probe into mass cat killings caused by poison and gunshots in village on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ELCHE’S Policia Local is to investigate the killing of up to 60 cats over the last month in the village of La Hoya. The Ces
Benidorm area bees create an unwelcome buzz inside a property on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BENIDORM firefighters had an unusual call-out when they had to remove a nest of bees from an Altea property. The owner phoned the emergency services
SEASIDE SHUFFLE as neighbour exposes Madrid pensioner who illegally travelled to her Costa Blanca holiday home in Spain
AN elderly Madrid pensioner could be fined up to €600 for illegally travelling to her Costa Blanca holiday home after a neighbour alerted the police.
Spain set to exhume Franco victims from controversial Valley of the Fallen and return them to relatives for burial
SPAIN’S government is set to approve an immediate €650,000 of funding to exhume and identify victims of the country’s Civil War that were buried at